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Assuming here that you made a few small slits in the paper,it doesn't take long.I check mine after about three days and remove the remaining paper.That said,making a simple screen board from plywood and window screen works better.

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If you combine in the afternoon with one sheet of newspaper between the bees, the bees will have chewed through by the next morning. If you are good at finding queens check anytime you wish, if you have trouble seeing queens wait a week and look for young larvae.

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I did it last Friday with a very weak hive that had a queen, no capped brood other than drones, and barely enough bees to cover two frames. The hive next to it was booming; packed full of bees and four full shallow supers of honey. I took an empty super off the weak hive, and took a full super off the strong hive and reversed them, bees and all. Gimme an hour, and I'll go open them up and post a photo of their progress.